Re: Patternmkr, Yonkers, NY

Martin Daly (marcris@sundial.net)
Sun, 13 Apr 1997 22:38:56 -0400

Looks like shorthand for Patternmaker. Before the advent of computers most
manufactured products were made to conform to patterns hand crafted by
patternmakers . The trade has been associated with many manufacturing
companies from garments to automobiles.

Martin Daly
Tavares, FL
marcris@sundial.net
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> From: Jane F. Thompson <frankie@mail.myriad.net>
> To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com
> Subject: Patternmkr, Yonkers, NY
> Date: 13 April, 1997 8:18 PM
>
> In 1914 and in 1919, I found an ancestor who is listed as a "patternmkr,"
> who lived in Yonkers, NY. In what trade is a patternmkr?
>
> Jane F. Thompson
> frankie@mail.myriad.net
>

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